Process for the simultaneous production of a stencil and a cross-reference card.



W. E. GHOATE. PROCESS FOR THE SIMULIANEOUS PRODUCTION OF A STENCIL AND A CROSS REFERENCE CARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.27,1907. 1 ,084,3 1 4. Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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WILLIAM E. GHOATE, 0F MEI-ROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PROCESS FOR THE SIMULTANECUS PRODUCTION OF A STENCIL AND A CROSS- REFERENCE CARD.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. CHoA'rE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Processes for the Simultaneous Production of a Stencil and a Cross- Reference Card, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a. specification, like letters on the drawings representing. like parts.

My invention relates to a method or process for simultaneously making a master printing form, for example, a stencil plate, and a cross reference card having a facsimile of the subject matter of the stencil plate. l

One of commercial types of stencils employed in connection with duplicating or addressing machines comprises a rectangular skeleton or slotted frame usually of card board, to one face of which a thin sheet of stencil material is pasted or otherwise secured, and upon which stencil characters are formed to enable the subject matterrepbe duplicated by stenciling the same upon a suitable card or blank placed beneath it. In the methods hitherto employed in making these frames, the rectangular slug or chip cut out of the center of the large blank, is thrown away or atleast is not utilizedor has no commercial usage in this art. a

My invention aims to provide an improved process for making stencils in which this slug or chip is utilized and iipon which a facsimile of the subject matter of the stencil is produced simultaneously with the formation of. the stencil characters upon the stencil. Ihe above, however, with other features and objects of my invention will be best understood and. appreciated from the following description and accompanying drawings illustrating a selected method of carrying out my inventi0n,.its scope he'- articularly pointed out in the appended c aims.

In the drawings: Figure 1, is a plan of a rectangular slotted holder or frame upon which the blank or sheet of stencil material is to be secured and showing the rectangularchip cut out in forming the frame, restored to its original position; Fig. .2, a central vertlcal section thereof, on the line 22,

Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the frame showing the manner of coating the same with adhesive material; Fig. 4, a similar perspective, showing a sheet of stencil material secured to the frame and having stencil characters formed thereon; Fig. 5, a plan view of the removed chip or card, having characters formed therein in facsimile of the subject matter of said stencil; Figs. 6 and 7, are views similar to Figs. 4 and 5, showing the stencil and blank provided with perforated or pin point characters, and Fig. 8, is a detall showing a portion of the stencil sheet 4:, and its supporting frame 1, but with the characters formed thereon in reverse manner or from left to right.

In carrying out my process, referring to Fig. 1, I take a rectangular blank of suitable material, for example, cardboard, celluloid, veneer, or the like, and subject it to theaction of suitable punching tools or dies,

formed to cut out a slug to provide a slot in the center of the blank and thereby provide a skeleton frame, 1, on which the sheet of the stencil material, 4:, may be secured. In the present instance, the punches or'v dies employed are shaped to cut out a rectangular slug or card, 2, of a size suitable for use as a card in filing systems and in operation, these toolspreferably operate to return said card to its originah position within the frame after it has been cut out, and with which it is frictionally and detachably held. To the upper face of the skeleton frame, 1, thus formed, an adhesive substance is then applied, as represented at 3, Fig. 3, but without applying any to the face of the chip or card, 2. I next lay upon the surface of the skeleton frame, to which adhesive substance has been applied, a sheet or blank, i, Fig. 4, of any suitable stencil material, for example, thin paper, celluloid or metal, and of sub stantially the same dimensions as the frame 1, and then press said sheet firmly into contact with said frame, so that it will adhere thereto and set itaside to dry. While I preferably employ a machine for feeding and punching the blanks, returning the punched out cards 2 to their original position in the frame 1, and for thereafter'applying adhesive material to the upper face of the skeleton frame, suitable hand tools may be employed for this purpose, my invention, obviously not being limited in this respect.

After the sheet 4 has been secured to its carrying frame 1, and with the central slug or card 2 still in place, I form stencil characters in the sheet 4, the blank or card 2 under-- "blank being thus simultaneously produced.

The central card, 2, thus formed, may then be removed from the frame and the latter used for printing or filed away until required. The card,2, is especially adapted for use as .an index or cross reference card, more par ticularly the latter, since'the stencil itself is' usually stored or filed away for reference in the same manner! as index cards are used. As here shown, this frame is of the usual 3x5 card size commonly employed in card filing systems, though it may be made larger, so that the card, 2, shall be of such dimensions.

My invention also contemplates the employmentof a suitable color vehicle by which the characters formed on the card may be made to present a sharp contrast to that of the card itself, or a desired portion of the stencil blank may be colored by the use of inks, water colors, or the like, before the.

stencil tools operate to cut slugs'therefrom. LAs here shown, however, I preferably employ a strip or sheet of colored aper represented at 5 which may be lai upon and placed to cover the whole face of said sheet, 4, or only in theposition in which one or more characters or lines of characters, are to be formed, as indicated in Fig. 5. By this arrangement when the stencil tools or punches are actuated to out stencil characters in the sheet. 4, they first cut out colored slugs from said color strip and indent or inlay them into the underlying card 2 and above the slugs cut out of the stencil sheet 4.

While in the foregoing description of a preferred method of carrying out my invention, the usual type of stencil cuttin tools or punches are employed for formingt e'letters or characters in the stencil, 4, obviously, my invention is not limited to the use of such tools, as any type of tool or device for forming characters in said sheet or stencil blanki4 ma be employed, for example, tools or devices or forming characters by a series of perforations or pin points as represented at 6 on the sheet, 4, Fig. 6, and the blank 2, Fig. 7, and which may also be provided with inking or colorin means for coloring the characters formed in the bed blank or card 2.

Figs. 4 and 6 show the sheet of stencil macard or slug 2, the second frame having also terial uppermost with the characters formed therein reading directly from left to right, but obviously these characters may be cut in any desired manner and direction on said sheet. When used upon or in connection with addressing machines, it is preferable for many reasons, to move said sheet upon and in contact with the work which is to be stenciled, and to that end the characters are formed from right to left, commencing at the upper right hand corner of the sheet 4 as represented at 7, Fig. 8. After the sheet has been stenciled in this manner, it is turned over when the subject matter of the stencil will read directly, which is the position in which the stencil is normally used.

My invention also contemplates turning the stencil over so that the sheet is at the bottom, when the slug or card 2, may be removed, and the characters formed upon said sheet in the same direction as that represented in Fig. 4. In this case, however, the frame land its stencil sheet 4 are supported upon a second frame 1, and its restored been turned over so that the face of the card directly supports the sheet 4, and the upper frame. When this sheet 4 is stenciled the slugged or perforated facsimile made in the underlying card 2, of the lower frame will read directly, said slug forming as in all other cases, a yielding bed for the stencil forming tools to cut or operate against.

By my invention, I provide a simple and effective process whereby not only are a stem cil and cross reference card simultaneously produced but the card cut out in formi the stencil carrying frame may be saved aiid utilized as an index or cross reference card upon which the subject matter of the stencil is duplicated. My process, therefore, economizes both in the use of material and time, effecting, a considerable reduction in the cost of manufacture.

My invention obviously, is not limited tothe 1 10 particular embodiment herein selected for purposes of description and illustration, nor to the specific details of the manner in which my process is carried out since the latter may be modified within wide limits without 5 departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

I claim- 1. The herein described 'process for the production of a stencil and cross reference card, which consists of subjecting a blank 2s of suitable material to the action of punching tools or dies to form a skeleton frame provided with a suitable slot and restoring the punched out slug to its original position in said frame, of next applying adhe- 125 sive material to the marginal portions of said frame and securing a sheet of stencil material thereon, and of'finally forming stencil characters in said sheet by subject mg the same and the underlying slug rctained in said frame to the action of stencil character forming tools, thereby to produce a facsimile of the subject matter formed in the stencil on said slug;

2. The herein described process for the production of a stencil and cross reference card, which consists in subjecting a blank of suitable material to the action of punching tools or dies to form a skeleton frame provided with a suitable slot and restoring the punched out slug to its original position in said frame, of'next securing a sheet ofv stencil material thereon, of next laying a color vehicle strip upon said sheet in the position in which characters are to" be formed thereon, and finallyforming stencil.

characters in said sheet by subjecting said strip, the sheet, and the underlying slug, to the action of the stencil-character forming tools and inlaying the slugs cut from the strip and said sheet into said underlying slug thereby to produce a colored facsimile of the subject matter formed in the stencil on said slug.

3. The herein described process for the simultaneous production of a stencil and a cross reference card, which consists in subjecting a blank of card-board to the action of punching tools, or dies to form a skeleton frame provided with a rectangular slot and restoring the punched out card to its original position in said frame, of next securing a stencil blank or sheet to the upper face of said skeleton frame, and finally and simultaneously forming characters on the said sheet and the underlying card by means-of a stenciling device or tool.

4. The herein described process for the simultaneous production of a stencil and a cross reference card, which consists in subjecting a blank of card-board or the like, to

the action of punching tools or dies to form a skeleton frame provided with a slot, of returning the slug or card cut from said frame to its origlnal position therein, of next securing a stencil sheet to said frame, and finally punching said sheet and driving or inla ing the slugs cut out therefrom into the un erlying card.

5. The herein described process for the simultaneous production of a stencil and a cross reference card, which consists in subjecting a blank of suitable material to the action of tools or dies to form a skeleton frame provided with a slot and returning the card or slug cut from said frame to its original position therein, of securing a sheet ,of stencil material to said frame, of next laying a color vehicle strip upon said sheet in the position in which characters are to be cut or formed thereon, and finally cutting stencil characters in said strip and sheet and inlaying the slugs cut therefrom in the underlying card for forming a colored facsimile of the subject matter of said stencil.

6. The herein described process for the pro duct-ion of a stencil, which consists in sub- ]ectmg a blank of suitable material to the action of suitable forming tools to provide or form a skeleton frame provided with a slot, of returning the punched out slug to its original position in said frame, of next securing a stencil blank or sheet to the upper face of said frame, and finally subjecting said sheet to the actionof stencil character forming tools and utilizing said slug as a bed for said tools to operate against whereby a facsimile of the subject matter of said stencil is simultaneously produced upon said slug.

, 7. The herein described process for making a stencil, which consists in forming a longitudinal slot and a corresponding slug from a blank of suitable material to provide a stencil carrying or supporting frame, of next placing a sheet of stencil material on said frame and securing it thereto, of superposing said stencil sheet secured to said frame on a punched out slug, and finally forming stencil characters in said stencil sheet and the underlying slug. 7

8. A method of making record sheets which consists in forming a reinforcing member and platen means from the same sheet of material; assembling a record sheet with said member and platen means; secur ing said reinforcing member to said record sheet; making a record upon the sheet and through it upon the platen means While preserving the substantially unitary relation of the parts; and removing the platen means when desired to supply a separate record while leaving the reinforcing member se- I cured to said record sheet.

9. A method of making record sheets which consists in assembling a record sheet and platenmaterial; securing part ofthe platen material permanently to the record sheet; making a record on the sheet; and removing that part of the platen material which cooperated with the ieccrd making means. I

10. A method of making record sheets which consists in forming a reinforcing member and platen means from the same sheet of material; frictionally, detachably assembling said means with said member; assembling a record'sheet with the frictionally connected member and platen means: securing said reinforcing member to said record sheet; making simultaneously a record upon said sheet and platen means while preserving the substantially unitary relation of the parts; and detaching the platen means from said member when desired to supply a separate record while leaving the reinforcing member secured to sa-id'record sheet} 11. A method of making record sheets which consists in assembling a record sheet with a layer of reinforcing material; at-

tachingaportion of saidlayer-to said sheetto reinforce the same; making a record on said sheet and on the unattached portion of said material, using said material as a platen; andiremovingthe record containing portion of said material to supply a duplicate record sheet, the other portion thereof remaining attached to the primary record sheet to reinforce the-same.

12. A method of making record sheets which consists in permanently assembling a record sheetand a layer of reinforcing ma-- terialymaking simultaneous records on said sheet and said material; and removing the record-containing part of said material to 15 supply aduplicate record sheet.

In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my name to-this specification, in-the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. CHOATE.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY F. SMITH, ROBERT H. KAMM'LER. 

